Faucet.



W. S. BRIDGES.

FAUCET.

APPLICATION mm JUNE 5.19M.

1 1 38, 1 87. Patented May 4, 1915.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 4, 1915.

Application filed June 5, 1914; Serial No. 843,204.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER S. BRIDGES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to faucets which are designed to deliver hot or cold water, or a mixture of both, and, its object is to provide a faucet of this kind which is very simple in construction and also easy to operate. This object is attained by means of a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the faucet partly in section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section partly on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes the casing or barrel of the faucet, the same having in its side two inlet ports which are indicated by the reference characters 6 and 7 respectively, said ports having suitable supply connections 8 and 9, respectively. One of these ports is the hot water inlet and the other is the cold water inlet. The casing is closed at its ends, one of the end closures being a screw cap 10.

In the casing 5 is rotatably and slidably mounted a hollow cylindrical valve 11 having a single side inlet port 12. Thelower end of the valve is open and its upper end is reduced, as indicated at 13, said reduced end passing through a central opening in.

the cap 10, and projecting a short distance therefrom. To this projecting end of the valve is removably connected, by a screw joint or otherwise, an outlet spout 14.

The port 12 is in the lower portion of the valve 11, and when said valve is in closed position, said port is below the inlet ports 6 and 7, the lower open end of the valve seating on the corresponding end of the casing 5. The reduced end 13 of the valve starts a suflicient distance below the cap 10 to allow the valve to be slid upward to bring its port 12 in the plane of the ports 6 and 7, and upon rotating the valve, the port 12 may be brought to register with either one or both of the ports 6 and 7, whereupon the water enters the valve and flows out of the same into the spout 14, from which it is discharged. The ports 6 and 7 are close together, and the width of the port 12 is such that when it is centered, it laps both ports 6 and 7. It may then be turned in either direction to cut off one or the other of the ports 6 and 7. It will therefore be obvious that a supply of hot or cold water, or a mixture of both may be obtained by a proper manipulation of the valve. In the cap 10 is an air vent 15 to allow the escape of air above the main body of the valve 11.

It will be evident from the foregoing that the valve 11 is opened and closed by a rotary and a sliding movement. The valve is held in open position by the water pressure, and upon rotating the valve to shut off the water, the valve drops down by gravity until its lower end seats on the correspond ing end of the casing 5, the port 12 then being below the plane of the ports 6 and 7. The shoulder 16 formed by the reduced portion 13 of the valve engages the inner side of the cap 10 when the valve has been raised to bring the port 12 in the plane of the ports 6 and 7, and thus serves as a stop to determine the open position of the valve. There is no pressure in the valve 11 when the water is shut off in view of which the possibility of leakage is reduced to a minimum.

The faucet may be placed in several positions, vertical or horizontal, and it is especially adapted for kitchen sinks, laundries, lavatories, bath tubs, etc. The action is direct, simple and effective, and the faucet canbe manufactured and installed at comparatively less expense than common faucets.

I claim:

1. A faucet comprising a casing having side inlets, and a valve slidably and rotatably mounted in the casing, andhaving a side port which is below the casing inlets when the valve is at the end of its inward movement in the casing, said port being adapted to register with the casing inlets, and the valve being hollow and having an opening at its inner end, the other end of the valve projecting from the corresponding end of the casing and having an outlet.

2. A faucet comprising a casing having side inlets, and a valve slidably and rotatably mounted in the casing, and having a side port which is below the casing inlets when the valve is at the end of its inward movement in the casing, said port being In testimony whereof I aflix my signature adapted to register With'the casing inlets, in'presence of two Witnesses.

and the valve being hollow and having an opening at one end, the other end of the WALTER BRIDGES 5 valve being reduced and projecting from Witnesses:

the corresponding end of the casing and S. J. LEHRER,

having an outlet. G. BATGHELOR.

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' Washington, D. C. 

